Bridge builder : my life since the Holocaust / Shimon Redlich

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redlich, Shimon, 1935- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Redlich, Shimon, 1935-.

Redlich, Shimon.

Jews, Ukrainian--Israel--Biography.

Jews, Ukrainian.

Holocaust survivors--Israel--Biography.

Holocaust survivors.

Israel--Biography.

Israel.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Newton, MA : Cherry Orchard Books, 2026

Summary:

"Bridge Builder: My Life Since the Holocaust is the fourth and final volume of Shimon Redlich’s autobiographical cycle, which began with Together and Apart in Brezany (2002), a description of relations among Poles, Ukrainians and Jews in his native town and his survival during the Holocaust. It continued with Life in Transit (2010), an account of his family’s resettlement in postwar Lodz and a new life in Israel. A New Life in Israel (2018) portrayed his adjustment to life on a kibbutz and service in the Israel Defense Forces. In Bridge Builder, Redlich recounts his life since the late fifties. It features his academic journey from student in Jerusalem and the US to professor at Ben-Gurion University, his friendships, his encounters with Jews and non-Jews in Eastern Europe, and his unconventional approach to controversial topics. As in previous volumes, in Bridge Builder Redlich’s own memories are supported and enriched by meticulous historical research"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Jerusalem, 1956-1962

America, 1962-1968

Return to Israel

Friends and colleagues

Germany and Germans

In Gorbachev’s Russia

Ukraine and Ukrainians

Sheptytsky’s advocate

Life with books

Poland and Poles

Epilogue : aging in the shadow of a pandemic and war

Notes:

Includes index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed May 14, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Redlich, Shimon, 1935- Bridge builder

ISBN:

9798887198897

9798887198903

OCLC:

1582041252

Access Restriction:

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